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Unfortunate Crane Collection Together

Juneau, AK - (CompNewsNetwork) Serious crane accidents across the country are making news this construction season. The most recent occurred last week when a crane tipped over and crushed a bystander during a steeple mounting ceremony in Oklahoma...

One of the nation's largest mobile cranes collapsed at a Houston oil refinery Friday, killing four workers and injuring seven others in the latest of several fatal accidents that have raised concerns about the safety of construction cranes.

This personal injury lawyer in New York is covering the crane collapses in Manhattan. Follow the link in to the lawyer's site to see copies of the failed building inspection document and more tidbits few people seem to be covering.

The investigation is focused on whether the crane was seriously damaged and then put back into service.

A construction crane collapsed Friday on New York's Upper East Side, smashing into a 23-story apartment building as it fell to the ground, killing two construction workers and seriously injuring another.

A crane snapped apart and toppled onto a high-rise apartment building on East 91st Street on the Upper East Side on Friday morning, killing the operator and seriously injuring two construction workers.

A crane toppled and collapsed onto a high-rise apartment building on East 91st Street on the Upper East Side on Friday morning

A crane being used at a construction site toppled over and crashed into another building at East 91st Street and First Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan moments after 8 a.m. on Friday.

Two people died in a crane collapse in New York on Friday morning, according to the FDNY. Several others were injured at the construction and taken to area hospitals for treatment.